When roll call was taken, commissioners Leo Longworth, Gary Ball and Laura Simpson decided to stick with fluoride. Tanya ...

After a single, one-sided meeting this week on the question of whether to remove fluoride from the county’s drinking water, ...

Florida's surgeon general Dr. Joseph Ladapo has recommended making the state fluoride-free, and he has gone so far as to deem fluoride in drinking water "public health malpractice." Ladapo ...

Fluoride didn’t make much of a splash in the public eye when fluoridation trials began in 1945. The first run only reached about 232,000 Americans at the time. Nearly a decade later, the number ...

A study by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found an association between fluoride in drinking water and reduced cognitive function in children. The findings may add fuel to the debate over ...

there are plenty of fluoride-free options. As for the new law, the legislature goes back to work in two weeks. We’ll keep you updated on what they decide.

WHAT COMPANIES MAKE FLUORIDE? Fluorosilicic acid is the compound most widely used in water systems as it yields free fluoride rapidly when mixed with water. J.R. Simplot and Nutrien (NYSE ...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in November that the Trump Administration ...

Kennedy Jr. Medical consensus says fluoride is harmless at levels found in drinking water and helps prevent tooth decay. Opposition to fluoride hinges on claims of toxicity, or that adding it to ...

ECUA Executive Director Bruce Woody told the News Journal are monitoring the re-emergence of the debate over adding fluoride to water. “Our response at this point is one of wanting to obtain ...

Children under two years old, who are more prone to swallowing toothpaste, are often advised to use fluoride-free options until they learn to spit out toothpaste. Despite concerns, major health ...